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Benefits of Being Active

Benefits of being active include a healthier immune system. Why is regular exercise important? It reduces and relieves stress and helps in cancer prevention.

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Microwaveable Popcorn: Not Healthy At All

Popcorn is considered a healthy snack compared to potato chips but not when it's popped inside the microwave.

Here's why: The lining of those bags used for microwaveable popcorn may contain perfluorooctanoic acid or PFOA. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lists PFOA as carcinogenic. According to Dr. David Carpenter, the director of the University of Albany's Institute for Health and Environment, PFOA is linked to cancer and it can also harm your immune, nervous and endocrine systems.

Making popcorn the old-fashioned way may be inconvenient and slow compared to popping a bag of it inside the microwave. But going inconvenient and slow is definitely safer for you and your family.

Why Should You Buy Organic Fruits and Vegetables

The National Cancer Institute recommends that you try to eat 9 servings of fruits and vegetables everyday to prevent cancer. Fruits such as apples and strawberries and vegetables such as spinach and bell peppers are considered as superfood. However, they expose you to potential risk for cancer if they are grown with the use of multiple pesticides. Fruits that have a large skin area such as apples absorb a lot of pesticides. Strawberries also have skin that is hard to wash. They are also eaten typically with their skins.

Thus, you end up absorbing those toxic chemicals from pesticides. As for vegetables, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) found celery to be the most pesticide-contaminated vegetable. Bell peppers, spinach and even potatoes are also highly contaminated with pesticides. Exposure to pesticides makes you prone to cancer. This is why organic foods are better.